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Hailing from Santa Cruz, CA, Poi Rogers performs award winning American roots music, with Gerard Egan doubling on guitar and steel guitar and Carolyn Sills on standup bass. Known for their dynamic musicianship and clever lyrics, the two create a wildly unique sound, with elements of western and gypsy swing, Hawaiian steel guitar and vivid storytelling.
They won the 2018 and 2024 Ameripolitan Award for Western Swing Group (as ‘The Carolyn Sills Combo’), and Carolyn was named the Academy of Western Artists' Western Swing Female Vocalist of 2020, thanks to their critically acclaimed study on Marty Robbins with, ‘Return to El Paso.’ They performed at the 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival and are both Sacramento Western Swing Hall of Fame inductees. Poi Rogers’ second album, Whirligig, was released on May 1st, 2026.
AWARDS:
2024 and 2018 Ameripolitan Award Winners, Western Swing Group (for The Carolyn Sills Combo)
2023 Ameripolitan Award nominee, Western Swing Female (Carolyn Sills, alongside Sierra Ferrell, Brennen Leigh and Melissa Carper)
2020 Academy of Western Artists’ Western Swing Female Vocalist of the Year
2019 Inductees to The Sacremento Western Swing Hall of Fame
“Sills' voice sounds effortlessly - and wondrously - like Kitty Wells or Patsy Cline winging over the airwaves from a vintage Grand Ole Opry show.” - Vintage Guitar Magazine
“The most talented twosome in the land, Poi Rogers!” - Mary Huff, Southern Culture on the Skids”
"Bassist Carolyn Sills and her guitarist husband, Gerard Egan - Santa Cruz's Les Paul and Mary Ford - crank out good stories, catchy love songs and creative chord progressions that will take listeners back to vibes of the post-World-War-II era. Carolyn is the real deal of throwback country music.” - Good Times Magazine
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CONTACT:
General Contact/Radio/Booking:
poirogersmusic@gmail.com